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US 8,399,138 B2Granted
Liquid rechargeable lithium ion battery
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorAdam T Timmons
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Abstract
One embodiment includes a method for recharging a lithium ion battery, including providing a lithium ion battery comprising used liquid electrode material; removing said used liquid electrode material from said lithium ion battery; and, introducing a relatively unused liquid electrode material into the lithium ion battery to replace the used liquid electrode material.
Claims20
A method for recharging a lithium ion battery, comprising:
- providing a lithium ion battery comprising used liquid electrode material;
- removing said used liquid electrode material from said lithium ion battery;
- and,
- introducing a relatively unused or rejuvenated liquid electrode material into the lithium ion battery to replace the used liquid electrode material.
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A method for recharging a lithium ion battery, comprising:
- providing a lithium ion battery comprising used liquid electrode material, said liquid electrode material separated from a lithium or reversible lithium storage material containing electrode by a non-liquid electrolyte material;
- removing said used liquid electrode material from said lithium ion battery;
- and,
- introducing a relatively unused liquid electrode material into the lithium for battery to replace the used liquid electrode material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.